Just the other day I met someone I hadn’t seen in a while, and they proceeded to tell me how they run 3 days a week but just ‘no fat seems to shift.’ I wouldn’t mind, but I saw the same person about 6 months previously and I told him running wasn’t the answer. And even more than that I told him exactly what the answer was! Unbelievable. So I am going to show you why running isn’t the answer to your problems.

Running (or power walking depending on your fitness level) is one of the least effective ways to bur fat. But for some reason people just don’t want to believe it.

I think it’s because of the appearance/look of the long distance runners that we see on the television. After all they are seriously skinny, so that must be the way to go, right? Wrong.

There is a massive difference between doing something IN ORDER TO LOSE WEIGHT, and staying slim because you do something.

The athletes and runners that do marathons will, with very few exceptions, have always been skinny. They have the sort of body type that is very slight, with very little muscle or fat.

So of course when they are already skinny, running will  help them stay that way, as they are not actually trying or needing to burn fat.

But if you are the sort of person that is overweight and/or is trying to burn fat, running simply is not the answer. It does not stimulate your metabolism or fat burning hormones, or take your body out of its comfort zone.

Today’s Takeaway – Running is not the answer. There are plenty of far more effectives fat burning methods for you to try right here on this site so please give them a go!